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Covid-19 Cases In Children In Indonesia

Kids prepares to fly a kite amid the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 27, 2020. According to The Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI), during the period from March 17 to July 20, a total of 2,712 Indonesian children had tested positive for COVID-19, while 51 of them had succumbed to the disease. Moreover, the number of children suspected of having contracted COVID-19 reached 7,633, of which 290 had died. Some 30 percent of the COVID-19 death toll among children was observed among those in the age band of six to 18 years, constituting 12 percent in the age bracket of six years to nine years, 11 months, 29 days, and 18 percent aged between 10 and 18 years. (Photo by Afriadi Hikmal/NurPhoto)